FAN-GIRLS: Gosh, there are no lady-centric shows, books, movies, etc. Ladies only ever get to be the girlfriend or the mostly dead mother or the villain's girlfriend or the villain's mostly dead mother. This is an outrage and we must protest it ( Read more... )

Random observations. Slightly spoilerish for Sherlock.

• If Agent Olivia Dunham were Agent Oliver Dunham, the fandom would be all over FRINGE like flies.
  
  
• The underlying conspiracy in Undercovers is gradually rearing its head and I’d be bouncing in my seat for joy if not for the depressing news that the show’s ratings are decreasing the likelihood ( Read more... )

Dear SPN fandom, post-earthquake Haiti is not a picturesque backdrop for your pretty white boys and their epic love story. Just so you know. FYI.

I haven’t spoken much about the Avatar mis-casting since my initial post. At least I haven’t spoken much about it here. I had a lot to say at TF.N for sometime. But eventually, my passion for the whole affair has waned. It’s just too depressing hearing the same rationalizations over and over again, repeating the same arguments over and over ( Read more... )

There I was, minding my own business (which is an occupation not so much outside the law, just a little ahead of it) and suddenly this cop busts me***...

...I run into another anti-Twilight review that talks about squealing teenage girls and their bored, stay-at-home moms and how it’s their fault that the world has been infected with Twilght ( Read more... )

I wasn't able to watch any of the movies I had set my heart on last month. I wasn't able to watch any movie at the cinema at all. *sniffs* But there's always the DVD player and cable TV…

Talking about the latter, has anyone read Samurai Girl, the YA series of books by Carrie Asai? I first came across it when it aired on TV. Apparently ABC ( Read more... )

I have heard about the Avatar casting. I find it hard to speak about it with any degree of civility so most of the times, I don't even try.

So I decided to do something about it and I'm urging everyone who is as bothered about this as I am to do the same:

1, Letters to Paramount. (Here's a guide on how to do it properly.) Let them know that the ( Read more... )

Thank you all of you that prayed about this. According to the news, the siege has ended. I did hear from all my friends eventually and compared to some of the stories I have heard, I feel almost guilty. Please join me to pray for all those who lost their lives in this senseless, pointless tragedy.

Mumbai Attacks

I left just left India in September. I've tried calling all my friends there and I've only been able to get through to a few. I don't know what to say, what to think. Sometimes it's hard not to hate this world.